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Vaccinated Japanese currently receive their certificates in paper form.

Japan will soon have its own digital vaccine passportThe list gets longer: China and EU already require Covid passports for travel.

The ethnic Tibetan tourism official (right) who gained fame due to his good looks doesn't mind his new 'celebrity role' if it helps attract more travellers.

He's hot, he's dashing, he's a tourism officialMeet the handsome Tibetan bureau chief who's taking the Chinese internet by storm.

The coalition pointed out that more than a million jobs and billions of dollars in much-needed visitor spending are at stake if action isn't taken quickly by the Biden administration. Pictured: Tampa International Airport, Florida

Mr President, what's the plan for international travel?US travel execs urge Biden to come up with a plan to reopen American borders to visitors.

Indonesia's proposed Singapore-Batam-Bintan “safe travel corridor” set for 21 April, although this concept will only be open to Singapore tourists visiting Indonesia and not the other way round.

Bintan, Batam and Bali head to head with reopeningIndonesia proposes "safe travel corridor" for Singaporean tourists to the Riau Islands, while Malaysia and Singapore push...

Diplomatic allies Taiwan and Palau team up to reopen travel between both destinations. Travellers will also be able to travel only in tour groups and for itineraries of up to eight days.

Taiwan-Palau travel bubble poised for 1 April launchWill Taiwan-Singapore be next?

Travellers must have received two doses of a Chinese-produced vaccine, or a single dose at least 14 days prior to applying for the visa. The three-week quarantine will still be mandatory. Pictured: Shanghai Pudong International Airport

To give China travel a shot, get a Chinese shotChina will facilitate entry for foreign visitors who have been vaccinated with Chinese vaccines.

As of early March, just 66.7 million – or less than 1% – of the global population has been fully vaccinated.

Opinion: The Catch-22 of health passportsWhile practical, vaccine passports could also exacerbate the divide between have-shots and have-nots.

Greek tourism minister Harry Theoharis has announced that the country is opening its borders on May 14.

More countries open up to vaccinated travellersSeychelles by end March, while Greece hopeful for May.

Conservationists have slammed the marketing gimmick and likened the enclosure at the Harbin hotel to a prison.

New hotel with polar bears get frosty receptionChinese public and conservationists decry the prison-like conditions the bears are kept in.

Singaporeans could be visiting Sydney before year’s end.

Bubbling up: Singapore-Australia travel talksMinisters ready to discuss a travel bubble once everyone is vaccinated.